Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of bivalves, typical of the family Glossidæ. Also called
Isocardĩa .
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F. Lingual artery passing under the fibres of the hyo-glossus muscle.
Surgical Anatomy Joseph Maclise
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U. Lingual artery separated by hyo-glossus muscle from
Surgical Anatomy Joseph Maclise
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The anterior pillar, 5, is formed by the submucous palato-glossus muscle; the posterior pillar, 6, is formed by the palato-pharyngeus muscle.
Surgical Anatomy Joseph Maclise
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-- Muscles of the Right Side of the Tongue of Man. 1, stylo-glossus; 2, stylo-hyoid: 3, stylo-pharyngeus; 4, hyo-glossus; 5, genio-hyoid; 6, genio-glossus; 7, lingualis. between different ages and conditions of one and the same species.
The Common Frog 1874
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After the skin and platysma are divided, the posterior belly of the digastric must be recognised, which again will guide to the posterior edge of the hyo-glossus.
A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners Joseph Bell 1874
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-- To secure this vessel either before it becomes concealed by the hyo-glossus, or after it is under the muscle, a curved incision is necessary, following the line of the hyoid bone, and especially of its greater cornu, but a line or two above its upper border.
A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners Joseph Bell 1874
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The artery can then be secured, either before it dips under the hyo-glossus muscle, or after it has done so, by the division of a few of its fibres on a director.
A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners Joseph Bell 1874
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